Tire and rim carrier



A. N. AUDET.

TIRE AND RIM CARRIER. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 21, 1921.

Ljlgyqco Patented Alm H, @mlm @wwwa/oo www IApplication lled )February 21, 1921.

. the invention, such as vwill enable thers spare tire and rim carriers ""iew of the parts at ln the drawings above'briefly described,y the numeral 1 designates an angle ironv bar 2 and a vertical'v skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. I

My invention relates to improvements in for automobiles and the principal' object 'is to pr'ovide an eX- treinely simple and inexpensive, yet ya highly efficient and reliable device which may be constructed almost entirely of stamped metal, novel provision however being made whereby this metal is effectively reinforced and therefore prevented from bending.

A further object the class described in which a pair of, chan,- nel-shaped rim seats carried by opposite ends of a rigid bar, are vertically' elongated to such an extent as to prevent any possible canting and rattlingof the rim, novel provision being made whereby after being seated within. one of the rim seats which is of one-piece formation,

tight manner. t y I llilith the foregoing in view, the invention resides iii the novel construction an'd'com-u hination of *parts hereinafterdescribed and claimed, the descriptive matter being. supplemented y the accompanyingdil'awings. Figure 1 is a rear elevation offga rim 'and vtire carrier constructed in accordance ywith my invention." f

Figure' 2 is a aci-,tal section showing a rim to the carrier. y

Figures 3 and 4 arei'espectively top plan view partly in horiand tire applied vertical and'horizontal sectional Iews as indicated by lines SMS and 4-4 of Eig. 1.

Figure is a detail vertical sectional view on line 5-5 ofilrig. 2.

Figure 6 1s a disassembled perspective one end of the carrier,

having a horizontal flange flange 3, the latter being provided with slotsv a `for the attachment ot' a license tag, with rivet holes 5 for the attachment Specification of Letters Patent.

yThe horizontal flange 2 is is to provide a device of -co-extensive in height the rim is forced onto the other seat and clamped thereon in a' p being laterally 'nut 17', and hence prevents theft of a tail- 1 er wiaarairsrcnr, rramsrnvnnia.

Patented Apri, til, i922.

erial No. 446,733.

light, and with an opening 6 through which the electrical'connections pass to the light. bent vertically downward at its ends as seen at 7 and the widened rear ends 8.0i' a pair of appropriate attaching brackets 9 contactat their intermediate portions with the flange ends 7; said ends 8^extending above and below the bar 1 and being curved about a point at the center of said bar. Contacting with the'outer sides of the curved end 8 ofone of the bracket arms 9, is a one-piece, vertically elongated channel-shaped .plate l0 which is co-extensive in height at its upper and lower ends thereto as shown at 11., Other yrivets 12 pass through the plate 10, the adjacent bracket end 8, and the downtiirned flange ends 7 to rigidly secure all of these parts together.

At the end of the bar 1 remote from the channel-shaped plateilO, the widened end 8 of the other bracket arm 9 contacts with the with said end 8 and Iis riveted stantiaily semi-channe-l-shaped plate l0 contacts with the outer side of said end 8 and is therewith. T he flattened inner end of a bolt 13 contacts with the flange end 7 and passes through an opening 18 in the flange 3, and rivets 12 are assedfthrough this bolt, through thi plate 10 and through the intervening parts T and 8 as illustrated most clearly in Fig. @whereby-to rigidly unite all of these part-s :and to anchor the bolt 13 more effectively than could otherwise be d one. r[he en ds of the plate 10 are secured to ends 8 by rivets 11. .I

Coopera'l:ile with the plate 10 iii formin a channel-shaped rim seat,vis the bent" edge 14 of a plate 14 which is opposed to the vertical llangef ofthe bar 1, said plate haviing an opening 15l to receive the bolt 13 andl bent above and below this opening t provide reinforcing flanges 516. which receive' thel bar 1 therebetween so as to prevent any lpossible'pivotal movement of the platela upon the bolt 13.' An appro the adjacent bracket priate nut. 17 is threadedon the bolt `13 to', Y

clamp the plate 14. 'in place and the outer end of said bolt is preferably prvided with ari opening 18 to receive lock 19. This of the tire and rinicarried by the device.

lin operat on. assuming that a Atire and ica the shackle of a pady lock prevents'removal of the 

